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Overall similarity
hopIQ take
Surly Bender if you want oatmeal's creamy warmth and slight sweetness,
Yards Brawler if you want dry, lean, and historically grounded.
Both sit at the same IBU 24 but travel different roads—one's a comfort beer, one's a session workhorse. The ABV gap (5.1% vs 4.2%) means Bender has more backbone and staying power on the palate.
At a glance
Generated from the four anchored axes — never hand-written.
Beer DNA
Body
Δ 4
Sweetness
Δ 8
Situations
In words
Surly Bender
Surly Bender hits you with actual oatmeal texture right away—it's silky, not thin. The brown malt brings a subtle cocoa note that's more felt than tasted, and there's a soft caramel undertone that never tips into cloying. At 5.1%, it's got enough weight to sit on your tongue for a moment. The 24 IBUs are barely there, so the finish is clean but never sharp.
Yards Brawler Pugilist Style Ale
Yards Brawler is stripped down—no sugar coating, just malt and discipline. It's dry in the way old British milds are, with a papery, almost tea-like quality underneath light chocolate notes. The lower ABV makes it disappear fast, which is exactly the point. At 24 IBUs, the bitterness is a whisper, letting the grain do all the talking.
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Similarly carbonated
Within Δ 0. Neither reads as noticeably livelier on this axis.
Texture 48 vs 48 · Δ 0
Bitterness
Δ 0
Texture
Δ 0
Only Surly Bender
Shared character
Only Yards Brawler Pugilist Style Ale